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Satoru Iwata, Nintendo head honcho, has long said the gaming industry needs a shot in the arm. Yesterday, as their stock tanked and profits sagged by more than 90%, Sony’s CTO Nobuyuki Oned said much the same thing. “We would have been on track with the midterm plan, or more than that. But the game segment is weak and is the major challenge for us now,” he said, in the process ne...

Having just picked up Rocket Slime myself, this pic from Kotaku was timely. Slimes and spoons, who knew? [Via Kotaku]

Inevitably, the hype that has surrounded the Wii since E3 and the September “reveal” event in Japan, NYC and Europe was bound to turn around a little. I think we’re beginning to see that backlash this month as the news from Nintendo slows to a trickle, and the early previews for some third party titles start to hit the Net en masse. Do some of the titles stink? If we’re being complete...

Simon’s niece from CNET, Veronica Belmont, goes hands-on with the Wii in their First Look video review. New things I learned from this video would be that Veronica Belmont is a southpaw and CNET offices are decorated with goblets of various fluids.

Basil, Infendo reader, Infendo Forum lurker and our man on the inside at Target has come through yet again. This time, it’s with the $0.01 promotional DVD Target is offering of Tony Hawk and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. “More news from the Target front. We just received the Activision DVD that goes on the Wii endcap that everyone is talking about. The DVD cost $.01 (yes, one cent. My disc...

Some new Wii impressions broke today. Some good. Some not so good. Monster Truck 4×4 and GT Pro Red Steel Rayman Raving Rabbids Splinter Cell Double Agent Hands-on multi games (“Wii is a party not true system”) Phoenix Wright II (DS) I hope people realize not everygame is going to be a home run. The real question is, how many will and how scalable and in-depth will Wii be across s...

Mike Antonucci from the San Jose Mercury News blogs tonight that Excite Truck got him, well, excited to play the Wii. This title is seriously shaping up into one of those tune in, veg out, and have fun titles. The longevity of that fun remains to be seen, but things are looking optimistic — especially on the local multiplayer front. “The key thing to tell you: The control system worked...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rngg2O3CQAI]I managed to block out the dorky models “playing” Red Steel long enough to realize this was a video for multiplayer. Pretty cool, in a Goldeneye kind of way.

When it first came along, the GameCube was ridiculed for its purple case. It’s no surprise that Nintendo released a few more colors such as black and platinum, but there are actually quite a few variations on the Cube that you might not be familiar with. In our last installment we talked about the GameCube’s code-name, so we start off with a rare shot of a Dolphin in captivity: The ...

Next-Gen looks to history to predict launch title review scores for Wii come this November. They’ve averaged launch title reviews since mid-1995 for PlayStation, N64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Xbox 360. Here’s what they found: 10.5% have scored 100% to 90% 25.7% have scored 90% to 80% 36.2% have scored 80% to 70% 19.0% have scored 70% to 60% 8.6% have scored below 6...

When the Wii Remote was first revealed, we were shown an example of a gnarly dude drumming with two controllers. As lame as the dude was, it got me excited. E3 had a couple guys jamming out with Wii’motes, but civilians weren’t allowed to give it a chance. Since then, the idea of playing a game using two Remotes has quietly slipped away. Just when I thought all hope was lost, the offic...

Hoo-rah Infendo, I love the sweet smell of profit in the morning, and Nintendo is reeking of it once again. Profits for the six month period ending in September stood at YEN 54.35 billion (EUR 361 million) – up from YEN 36.6 billion (EUR 243 million) a year previously. Revenues Profits were up by almost 70%. Editor’s Note: This post conducted in Euros and Yen for our friends across the...